Candy-making machine.



No. 811,086. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

` G. PRATTS.

` CANDY MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1111111.14, 1905.

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IIINNIININ Ik No. 811,086. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

G. PRATTS.

GANDYMAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.14, 1905.

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GUST FRATTS, F FLINT, MICHIGAN.

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CANDY-m No. 811,086. Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

and inthe box 12, that is carried by the ar 35, that snugly receives a smaller projec- To all whom :It may concern: f standard 10, are journaled concentrically Be it knownthat 1, GUs'r Fri/irre, a subdsposed shafts 13 and 14, the shaft 14 being ject of the King of Greece, residing at Flint, `in the form of a sleeve located on the shaft 13. in the county of Genesee and State oi Michi These two shafts thus have their axes of ro gan, have invented a new and useful Candy tation coincident. ",lhe shaft 13 constitutes 6e Making Machine, of which the following is a a support for the shaft 14 and extends com specification. plete'ly across the box, having secured to its The present invention relates to acombinaouter portion and within the box a bevel gear tion-machine for mixing and pulling candy. wheel 15. The shaft 14 projects into the box io One of the principal objects is to provide and carries therein a bevel gear-wheel 16, 65 a novel and comparatively simple machine disposed in opposing relation to and spaced whereby ingredients may be thoroughly from the Wheel 15. The standards are tubumixedandat the same time candycan be eiii lar, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and in the ciently pulled, the mechanism being compact standard is j ournaled an upright shaft 17,

i 5 and conveniently associated, and, further having a bevel-gear 18 at its upper end, that 7o more,being so arranged that either the mixmeshes with the gears 15 and 16, the box 12 ing or the pulling means may be operated thus constitutingacasingfor these gears. The separately. f lower end of the shaft 17 projects beneath the A further and important object is to pro platform 8 and has secured thereto a bevel 2o vide a novel arrangement and construction gear 19. The other standard 11 has jour 75 of pulling mechanism that may be employed naled in its box 12 a short shaft 20, which inde endently of the mixin means, said 'shaft is provided with a bevel-gear 21, lo mec anism operating upon t e candy ina cated within thebox and in mesh with anvery eiiicient manner and bringingit to the` other. gear 22, carried by the upper end of an z5 desired yfinished condition or state with com upright shaft 23, extending longitudinally 8o paratively great rapidity. through the standard 11, projecting below The preferred embodiment of the'inven the platform 8 and having a bevelgear 24 at tion is illustrated in the accompanying draw its lower end. ings and'is described in the following speciii-Y Secured to the shafts 14 and 2() arey crank. cation. 'arms 25 andv 26carrying`at their ireeends 85 An inspection of the claims hereto append pulling-hooks 27, that have intersecting paths ed will clearly indicate that the said inven of movement, the arms 25 and 26 being prei'- tion is not limited to the .exact disposition of erably of substantially the same length. parts and constructionshown. Another arm 28 is carried by the inner end of 3 5 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation the shaft 13 and has a pulling-hook 29. llhe 9o of the machine. Fig. 2 is a top planfview arms 25 and 28 rotate in opposite directions; thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view, the The arms 25 and 26 rotate in opposite direc legs being shown in section. Fig.4 is adetal tions, and the hook 27 of the arm 26 inter sectional view through one ofthe standards. sects the paths of movement of the other .io Fig. 5 is a similar view through-the other hook. 27 and the hook 29. lln order to effect 95 standard. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view the simultaneous rotation ci the arms, a through a portion of the mixing mechanism. counter-shaft 30 is employed, journaled in i Fig. 7 is a view in elevation of the gearing boxes 31, secured to the under side of the controlling the movements of the mechan- 'platform 8 and having oppositely-disposed 4.5 isms. .bevel-gears 31, that mesh with the gears 19 roo Similar reference-numerals designate cor and 24.

responding parts in all the iigures of the draw- The above constitutes, in effect, the pull ings. ing mechanism. The mixing mechanism is 1n the embodiment illustrated a base in as follows: A. circular pan or reservoir 32 is' 5o the form of a platform 8 is employed, prefer mounted on the latformbetween the standl ro 5 ably supported on legs 9 and having mounted arde 10 and 11, eing suitably secured there on opposite side portions thereof spaced to by fastening-bolts 33, passing through ears standards 1() and 11. Journabboxes 12 are 34, carried by said pan or reservoir. This secured to the upper ends of the standards, pan or reservoir has a central upstanding col tion orboss 36, forming a part of the base. The rejection or b'oss constitutes a journalbox or concentric shafts 37 and 38, extending therethrough, the shaft 38 having a bore at its outer end Va stirrer fors'craper-blade 41,v

to receive the shaft 3K7 and said shaft 37 extending above and below the shaft 3 8. Secured to the upper end ofthe shaft 37 is a cap 39, from which projects van arm 40, carrying located at an inclination to the arm 40 and having its vouter `edge disposed contiguous to the side Wall of the an or reservoir. To the upper end of the sha t 38 is secured a collar 42,

- is interrelated with the driving means therel tively inmesh with the gears 56.

for and with the pulling mechanism.

The lower ends of the shafts 37 and 38 have oppositely disposed bevel, gear wheels 47, and a counter-shaft 48 is provided with a bevel-gear 49, meshing with both of the gears 47, vand thus driving the saine in opposite directions. The shaft 48 is journaled in boxes 50, secured to the under side of the platform, and is dis osed longitudinally alongside the counter-s aft 30, both of these counterhafts projecting beyond one edge ofthe plat- A driving-shaft 51 is journaled beneath the platform 8and is geared at one end, as shown at 52, to a power-shaft 53, also j ournaled upon the under side of the platform, and having a pulley 54, by means of which power maybe applied thereto, said pulley being disposed at one ,end of vthe machine. At the otherend of the machine the driving-shaft 51 is provided with a pinion-gear 55, and the counter-shafts 30 and 48 areprovidedwith gears 56. Carrier-yokes 57 are respectively journaled upon the shafts 30 and 48 and are provided with idler-gears 58, that are respec- Moreover, these gears 58 are movable into and out of mesh with the pinion 55 when the carrieryokes are swung, as will be apparent by reference to Fig. 7 In order to maintain the ears in and out of mesh, means are provided or holding the carriers against movement, such means comprising a bracket 59, secured to the adjacent end of the platformS and having slots 60 therethrough. Clamping-bolts 6l, mounted on the carriers, project through the slots, and threaded thereon are clampingnuts 62, adapted to engage the bracket 59.,

It is believed ythat the operation of the machine can now be readily understood. .When candy is both to be mixed and pulled, the

laction is made much more effective.

idler-gears 58 are placed in mesh with the pin- .ion 55 of the driving-shaft, and consequently when said driving-shaft is rotated the counter-shafts will also be revolved. VAs a result the mixerslin the pan or reservoir will be operated, the outer stirring-blade urging the material inwardly into the `path of movement ofthe plow and said plow returning it outwardly. In like manner the' inner blade will a 'tate the material disposed inside the path o movement of the low and effect an outward movement o such material. f The candy to be pulled is placed upon the hooks 27 and 29, and the single hook 27, revolving through the paths of movement of the other hook 27 and the hook 29, will thoroughly ull the taiy. Moreover, as the hook 29 revo ves in'an opposite direction from the hook 27, .journaled on the same'standard, this pulling In case it is desired to use either mechanism without the other, it is of course only necessary to disengage the proper idler from the pinion of ,the drive-shaft, whereupon the other mechanism, still being in gear, will beA driven. Furthermore, the pulling mechanism is capable of advantageous use without the mixing `means, as Will be apparent.

From the foregoing it isthought that the y construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described inventionwill be a parent to those skilled in the art Without rther description, and it will be understood that various changes in thev size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without de arting from the spirit or sacrificing any o' the advantages ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a candy-making machine, the combination with a base, of mixing mechanism mounted thereon, pulling mechanism also mounted on the base, and driving means for said mechanism also mounted on the base.

2. In a candy-making machine, the combination with a base, of mixing mechanism mounted thereon, pulling mechanism also mounted on the base and located over the mixing mechanism, and driving means for said mechanisms mounted beneath the base.

3. In a candy-making machine, the combination with su porting means including a base and standlards, of mixing mechanism mounted on wthe base, pulling mechanism.

mounted on vthe standards, a driving device, and gearing mounted on the supporting means and detachably connecting The device and said mechanisms. l

4. In a candy-making machine, the combination with supporting means including a base, legs and standards, of mixing mechanisr'nmoanted on the base, pulling mechanism mounted on the standards, a driving device IIO eines@ mounted beneath the base, and separate sets of gearing detachably connecting the driving device and said mechanism.

5. ln a candy-making machine, the combination with supporting means including a base having depending legs and upstanding standards, of mixing mechanism mounted on the base, pulling mechanism mounted on the standards, a drive-shaft having a gear, separate gearing connected to the mixing mechanism and the pulling mechanism and including idlers in mesh with the gear, and swinging supports journaled on the supporting means and carrying the idlers, said supports moving said idlers into and out of engagement with the gear on the shaft.

6. In a candy-makin f machine, the combination with a'base, o `mixing and pulling mechanisms mounted thereon, a drivingshaft having a gear, counter-shafts res ectively connected tothe mixing and pu ling mechanisms and having gears disposed contiguous to the gear on `the driving-shaft, swinging supports, idlers carried by said supports, said idlers meshing with the gear on the driving-shaft and the gears on the counter-shafts, and means for holding the supports in dierent relations.

7. In a candy-making machine, the combination with a base, of rotatable mixing mechanism centrally mounted thereon, gearing for the same extending centrally beneath the base and including bevel gear-wheels, rotatable pulling mechanism mounted on the base above the mixing mechanism, gearing for the same including bevel-gears located beneath opposite side portions of the base, a driveshaft extending` beneath the base, power mechanism connected to one end of the driveshaft, counter-shafts respectively geared to the bevel-gears of the mixing mechanism andV the bevel-gearsof the pulling mechanism, a gear-wheel mounted on one end of the driveshaft, gears secured to the adjacent ends of the counter-shafts, swinging supports journaled on said counter-shafts, idlers carried vthereby and meshing with the counter-shaft gears, said idlers being movable into and out of the gear of the drive-shaft when the su v ports are swung, and means for securing t e supports against movement. v

y 8. In a candy-making machine, the combination with a base having an upright supi ort, of separate pulling-arms of iferent cngthsA j ournaled on the support and having substantially horizontal and coincident journal-axes, outstanding candy engaging and supporting elements `carried by the arms and having upright paths of movement, a driveshaft journaled beneath the base', and connections between the drive-shaft and arms for rotating the arms simultaneously in opposite directions, said connectlons bemg associated nation with a base having an upstanding support, of concentric Isubstantially horizontal shafts journaled on the "upper portion of the support, pulling-arms carried by the shafts and provided with outstanding candy-supporting elements having upright paths of movement, and means for operating the shafts, said means including a substantially horizontal driving-shaft journaled on the base and having gear connections with the concentric shafts.

10. In a candy-making machine, the combination with a base, of a tubular standard ystand ards secured thereto, shafts journaled in the standards, coacting arms carried by the shafts, upright shafts journaled in the standards, gearing connecting the upright and arm carrying shafts, and means located beneath l the base for rotating the upright shafts.

12. ln a candy-making machine, the comi bination with spaced supports, of oppositelyrotatable shafts on one of the supports, pulling-arms carried by the shafts and being thus rotatable in opposite directions, said arms having candy-engaging portions, and another pulling-arm journaled on the other support and having its axis of rotation substantially parallel to the axes of .rotation of the first-mentioned arms, said last-mentioned arm being provided with a candy-engaging portion having a path of movement intersecting the paths of movement of the candy-engaging portions of said first-mentioned rotatable arms.

13. In a candy-making machine, the com` bination with spaced standards, of concentric shafts journaled on one standard, pulling-arms of different lengths carried by the shafts, another shaft iournaled on the other standard, a pulling-arm carried by the latter shaft and coacting with the arms of the firstmentioned shafts, means for rotating the concentric shafts in dierent directions and also for rotating the single shaft.

14.. In a candy-making machine, the combination with a base, of spaced standards mounted thereon, journal-boxes carried by the upper ends of the standards, concentric shafts journaled in one of the boxes, an upright shaft located in the standard and geared to the concentric shafts for driving the same in opposite direction, a shaft journaled in the box of the other standard, an upright shaft `iournaled in said standard and geared to the shaft for rotating the same,

, ulling-arms carried by the shafts in the IOO IOS

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ment, and gearing located beneath the base for driving the upright shafts. f

'15. In a candy-making machine, the lcombination With spaced sup Orts, of concentric 5 shafts journaledon one o the supports, pullin -arms carried by the shafts and having dierent paths of movement, another pulling-arm journaled on theother support and i having a path of movement. that intersects 1o the paths of movement of the first-mentioned arms, and means for rotating the shafts and last-mentioned arm.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto axed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GUsT rRATTs.

.Witnessesz JOHN F. BAKER, ALICE M. GALBRAITH. 

